Evening Star
- YANKS AND CARDS DEADLOCKED, 0-0, IN THIRD INNING
- JOHNSON DEFENDS CLAIM APPROVAL
- POINCARE NOW SET ON DEBT PACT O. K.
The Evening Star of October 5, 1926, caught the World Series in progress: a low-legibility bulletin from St. Louis had Game 3 between the Cardinals and Yankees scoreless in the third inning, praised both pitchers, credited Billy Southworth with the day's first hit and printed the batting orders. Under a headline about a defended claim approval, the selected column actually carried the end of an Associated Press account of New Jersey bandits who killed a motorist named Kearney, shot his son, wounded one of their own and commandeered cars as they fled. From Paris, the AP reported that Premier Poincare, long opposed to the Mellon-Berenger war-debt agreement because it lacked a guarantee tied to German reparations, was now ready to accept ratification with oral reservations meant to calm his critics in Parliament.
Translation
YANKS AND CARDS DEADLOCKED, 0-0, IN THIRD INNING
[?] [?] [?] [?] [?] Mound for Third Game of Series.
BOTH PITCHERS HURLING IN MASTERLY FASHION
Southworth Gets Initial Hit of Day, Clouting First Ball Pitched Him in Opener.
ST. LOUIS. NEW YORK.
Douthit, cf. Combs, cf.
Southworth, rf. Koenig, ss.
Hornsby, 2b. Ruth, rf.
Bottomley, 1b. Meusel, lf.
L. Bell, 3b. Gehrig, 1b.
[?] [?] [?] [?]
JOHNSON DEFENDS CLAIM APPROVAL
lided. Both machines were wrecked, but no one was hurt. Edward Nugent of Plainfield drove up at this juncture and got out of his car. The boys called a warning to him, and he ran and telephoned the New Brunswick police. Kearney then drove up with his wife and son. The bandits demanded a lift, which was refused. They shot and killed him, shot the son and dragged Mrs. Kearney from the machine. One of the bandits shot his companion through the shoulder for showing reluctance to share in the crime.
Smash Car Against Pole.
The bandits then raced toward New Brunswick in the Kearney automobile, but smashed it against a telephone pole a few miles away. They then induced L. B. Scherr to get out of bed and drive them to New Brunswick, but as soon as they started pitched Scherr out of his own machine and drove it off. They crashed through a railroad gate in Stelton a few seconds ahead
POINCARE NOW SET ON DEBT PACT O. K.
ON DEBT PACT O. K.
French Premier Converted to Original Terms, With "Oral" Reservations.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, October 5. - Premier Poincare now believes that the Washington debt agreement must be ratified by the French Parliament as it was approved by Ambassador Berenger and Andrew W. Mellon, the American Secretary of the Treasury.
The premier, who has always opposed the debt agreement because of the absence of a guarantee clause to protect France in her payments should Germany fail to meet her reparations obligations, is ready to accept ratification, but with oral reservations which would figure in the Official Journal without being part of the act of ratification.
These oral reservations would have no effect upon the validity of the ratification as far as the United States is concerned. It is contended that while the reservations will not affect the validity of the ratification they will serve to offset adverse criticism of the government by the hostile elements in Parliament.
The finance committee of the chamber, meeting yesterday, decided to
Context
How the 1926 World Series ended after the scoreless start
The bulletin froze Game 3 at Sportsman's Park in its third inning with neither side scoring, but the game did not stay level for long: the Cardinals' knuckleballer Jesse Haines finished with a shutout that put St. Louis ahead two games to one. The series ran from October 2 to 10, 1926, and the Cardinals won it four games to three. Its last play involved two men named in this box score. With the Yankees one out from defeat in Game 7, Babe Ruth tried to steal second, and catcher Bob O'Farrell's throw reached Rogers Hornsby, who tagged Ruth out to end the game. The 1926 Series is still the only World Series to end on a runner caught stealing.
Who stood behind the Cardinals' lineup
The St. Louis batting order printed here was that of a club in unfamiliar territory: 1926 brought the Cardinals their first National League pennant and their first World Series appearance. Hornsby, batting third, was also the team's player-manager, and he took the field only days after his mother died in Texas on September 29. Southworth, credited by the paper with the first hit of the day, was a newcomer. Before the 1926 season was half over, the Cardinals had obtained him from the New York Giants in a trade for outfielder Heinie Mueller.
The alien property case behind the claim dispute
The headline about a defended claim approval belongs to the aftermath of a Harding-era scandal over wartime seizures. Thomas W. Miller served as Alien Property Custodian from 1921 until 1925. The charges against him concerned the effort by Germany's Metallgesellschaft AG to overturn the U.S. government's confiscation of its interest in the American Metal Company during the First World War. The New York Times announced his indictment on October 31, 1925, under a headline describing a $7,000,000 fraud, the same sum that appears elsewhere on this front page. Miller was convicted in 1927 on two counts of conspiring to defraud the government. He served 18 months in prison, was paroled in 1929 and was pardoned by President Herbert Hoover in 1933.
Why Poincare linked the war debt to German reparations
The AP dispatch says Poincare had always opposed the Washington agreement because it gave France no protection if Germany stopped paying reparations. That demand matched his record. In 1923, during his previous premiership, he had ordered the occupation of the Ruhr to force Germany to pay reparations. He had returned to office for a third term as prime minister that lasted from 1926 to 1929. In October 1926 he was therefore leading the government that would have to take the debt pact to Parliament. According to the paper, the oral reservations were meant to answer hostile deputies while leaving the ratification fully valid in American eyes.
Original
YANKS AND CARDS DEADLOCKED, 0-0, IN THIRD INNING
[?] [?] [?] [?] [?] Mound for Third Game of Series. BOTH PITCHERS HURLING IN MASTERLY FASHION Southworth Gets Initial Hit of Day, Clouting First Ball Pitched Him in Opener. ST. LOUIS. NEW YORK. Douthit, cf. Combs, cf. Southworth, rf. Koenig, ss. Hornsby, 2b. Ruth, rf. Bottomley, 1b. Meusel, lf. L. Bell, 3b. Gehrig, 1b. [?] [?] [?] [?]
JOHNSON DEFENDS CLAIM APPROVAL
lided. Both machines were wrecked, but no one was hurt. Edward Nugent of Plainfield drove up at this juncture and got out of his car. The boys called a warning to him, and he ran and telephoned the New Brunswick police. Kearney then drove up with his wife and son. The bandits demanded a lift, which was refused. They shot and killed him, shot the son and dragged Mrs. Kearney from the machine. One of the bandits shot his companion through the shoulder for showing reluctance to share in the crime. Smash Car Against Pole. The bandits then raced toward New Brunswick in the Kearney automobile, but smashed it against a telephone pole a few miles away. They then induced L. B. Scherr to get out of bed and drive them to New Brunswick, but as soon as they started pitched Scherr out of his own machine and drove it off. They crashed through a railroad gate in Stelton a few seconds ahead
POINCARE NOW SET ON DEBT PACT O. K.
ON DEBT PACT O. K. French Premier Converted to Original Terms, With " Oral " Reservations. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 5. - Premier Poincare now believes that the Washington debt agreement must be ratified by the French Parliament as it was approved by Ambassador Berenger and Andrew W. Mellon, the American Secretary of the Treasury. The premier, who has always opposed the debt agreement because of the absence of a guarantee clause to protect France in her payments should Germany fail to meet her reparations obligations, is ready to accept ratification, but with oral reservations which would figure in the Official Journal without being part of the act of ratification. These oral reservations would have no effect upon the validity of the ratification as far as the United States is concerned. It is contended that while the reservations will not affect the validity of the ratification they will serve to offset adverse criticism of the government by the hostile elements in Parliament. The finance committee of the chamber, meeting yesterday, decided to
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